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How can I become a Tour Director
- The most common career steps to get to Tour Director are Tour Guide, Program Leader and Event Staff based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Tour Guide is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Tour Director that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Tour Director career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Tour Director so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider tour guide or program leader as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to tour director. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Tour Guide is from the same job family, Activities as Tour Director, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Program Leader also leading to Tour Director.
What should I know about the Tour Director career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Tour Director are Associate Degree In Accounting, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In General Studies, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Nursing. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Tour Guide being the most common role to and from Tour Director. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Tour Director is part of the Activities job family which has a limited number of unique role types (22) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Tour Director.